Corn-popper.



W. H. IVI. ZSCHIESCHE.

CORN POPPER.

APPLILATION FILED MAR. 31,1916.

TINTT STATES PATENT FFTCGE.

'WILLIAM H. IVI. ZSCHIESCHE, 0F BARTLETT, TEXAS.

CORN-POPPER.

Application led March 31, 1916.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. M. Zsonmscnn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Bartlett, in the county of Bell and State of Texas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn Poppers; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a corn popperand one of its objects is the provision of a device of this character,which shall be simple, durable and eflicient, and which may be manufac-vtured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

Another object of this invention is to provide a receptacle, having anagitating blade rotatably mounted therein and :adapted to be operativelyconnected to a cover, whereby upon turning of the cover, the agitatingblade will be rotated to prevent corn within the receptacle fromburning.

A further object of this invention is to i provide a verticallyextending standard secured centrally of the receptacle to rotatablysupport the agitating blade and the cover and which will support thecover in spaced relation to the top edge of the receptacle, whereby saidcover may be readily rotated to rotate the agitating blade.

lVith these and other objects in view as will become more apparent asthe description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as willbe hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had tothe following description, and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1is a vertical sectional view of a corn popper, constructed in accordancewith my invention,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same, taken on the line 22 of Fig. l, and

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the agitating blade.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral l indicates a receptacleconsisting of a bottom 2, having upwardly and out- Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Apr. MI, 1917.

serial No. 88,008.

standard 5 is secured to the bottom 2 and centrally thereof and extendsto a point above the top edge of the receptacle l to rotatably supportan agitating blade G. The agitating blade G is provided with an openingintermediate its ends and has a collar 7 secured thereto in registrationwith the opening to receive the standard A cover 8 is provided with acentral opening in which is secured a sleeve 9. rThe sleeve 9 extends topoints above and below the cover 8 and is provided with its upper endclosed by a curved wall 10. The sleeve 9 is adapted to receive the upperend of the standard 5 and rest upon the upper end of the collar, thecurved wall 10 resting upon the end of the standard, therebysupportingthe cover 8 in spaced relation to the top edge of thereceptacle.

Secured to the under face of the cover 8 adjacent the sleeve 9, is a pin11, which is adapted to engage a horizontally disposed pin 12 carried bythe upper end of the collar 7, whereby upon rotating the cover 8 by ahandle 13, the agitating blade 6 will be rotated upon the standard 5.

In operation, pop corn is placed within the receptacle 1 and the cover 8is placed upon the'standard 5 and by rotating the coverS, the agitatingblade 6 will be rotated and the corn will be kept from burning andsticking to the bottom of the receptacle.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction,combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A corn poppercomprising a receptacle, a handle secured to said receptacle, a verticalstandard secured to the bottom of the receptacle, an agitating bladejournaled on said standard, a cover journaled on the upper end of thestandard, and means for connecting the cover to the agitator forrotating said agitator upon turning of the cover.

2. A cornpopper comprising a receptacle, a handle secured to saidreceptacle, a standard secured to the bottom of the receptacle andextending to a pointabove the top edges thereof, an agitating bladelprovided with an opening intermediate its ends to receive the standard,a collar secured to said agitating blade and surrounding the standlard,a. cover journaled on the upper end of the standard, and means forconnecting the cover to the collar for rotating the agitating blade uponturning of the cover.

3. A corn popper comprising a receptacle, a handle secured to saidreceptacle, a vertical standard secured to the bottom of the receptacleand extending to a point beyond the top'edge of the receptacle, anagitating blade provided with an opening intermediate its ends toreceive the standard, a collar secured to the agitating blade andsurrounding the standard, a cover, a sleeve secured centrally of thecover and receive the" upper end of the standard to rotatably supportand relatively space the cover from the top edge of the receptacle, andmeans Jfor connecting the cover tothe collar for rotating the agitatingblade upon turning of the COVGI'.

4. A corn popper comprising a receptacle, a handle secured to saidreceptacle, a standard secured to the bottom of the receptacle andextending to a point above the upper edge of the receptacle, anagitating blade provided with an opening intermediate its ends toreceive the standard, a collar' secured to the agitating blade andsurrounding the standard, a cover journaled on the upper end of thestandard, a pin secured to the under face of the cover and extendingdownwardly therefrom, a horizontally disposed pin secured tothe upperend of the collar and adapted to be engaged by irst mentioned pin forturning the agitating blade upon rotating the cover.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

` WILLAM H. M. ZSCHIESCHE.

Witnesses: v

STANTON ALLEN, p F. A. WM. ZscHrEsoHE.

